[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do wonder how accurate the positioning is for a 50 foot table
and how repeatable the positioning would be after a long move.
That would still be one impressive machine.
Well, this machine was supposed to have a 50 foot glass scale.
Depending on the architecture of
its own feedback.
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From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO input
On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 15:05 -0500, John Kasunich wrote:
I
Kirk,
That's not my website on the DRO's I just built a couple from there and they
work well.
John
On 1 Feb 2008 at 16:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's a nice setup DRO system and website you have. I was fishing for
a reason to have a serial micrometer connected to EMC for a reason
other
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: DRO input? (John Thornton)
2. Re: Emc-users DRO input? (Kirk Wallace)
3. Re: DRO
I just wonder why you want to put such a nice DRO on a worn out old manual mill
that needs the ways scraped and the screws are worn out? You will not be able
to
make an accurate part to the abilities of your DRO if the table won't stay
where you
put it and your Z is always changing because
drivers are free to (and probably should) keep encoder counts in 'long
long's. This way, the exported count may wrap at 2^31-1 (limit of
signed 32-bit ints) but the exported position can continue to increase
to 2^63-1 counts.
Jeff
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i/ I guess this is going to come down to a philosophical choice, do you
pursue the DRO first, or the EMC + NC first? vi vs emacs anyone?
If you are going to the trouble and expense of embarking on one
of these paths, then the CNC path is the most reward for your
John Thornton wrote:
I just wonder why you want to put such a nice DRO on a worn out old manual
mill
that needs the ways scraped and the screws are worn out?
Hate to argue, but the differential wear in the screws makes it
totally impossible to make anything with better than 1/8
accuracy
Jon Elson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i/ I guess this is going to come down to a philosophical choice, do you
pursue the DRO first, or the EMC + NC first? vi vs emacs anyone?
If you are going to the trouble and expense of embarking on one
of these paths, then the CNC path is the most
On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 15:05 -0500, John Kasunich wrote:
Jon Elson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i/ I guess this is going to come down to a philosophical choice, do you
pursue the DRO first, or the EMC + NC first? vi vs emacs anyone?
If you are going to the trouble and expense of
On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 11:57 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... snip
a/ DRO (with pukka glass scales) is a huge boon to any manual mill.
Agreed. I write all my way-points with a sharpie on the vise or table
before hand so, I don't know what I would do without a DRO of some sort.
b/ A DRO could
Message: 9
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:51 -0800
From: Dave Engvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO input?
Hi Dave,
It all depends on what you want to do. If you just want manual
position then the glass scales will do your job.
However, if you ever intend to control
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:07:32 +
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO Input?
Message: 9
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:51 -0800
From: Dave Engvall
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO input?
Hi Dave,
It all depends on what you want
That is how my DRO's work that I built for my mill and lathe.
http://www.shumatech.com/
John
On 31 Jan 2008 at 18:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another thought, is there any value in having an RS-232 connection
with serial calipers or micrometers?
That would depend on the accuracy of your scales... .4 precision
(.001mm)is
not cheap...
In my case mine are not nearly that accurate...
I guess it depends on how much accuracy is needed and the future of the machine.
EMC does have screw mapping...
John
On 1 Feb 2008 at 4:04, [EMAIL
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 06:03 -0600, John Thornton wrote:
That is how my DRO's work that I built for my mill and lathe.
http://www.shumatech.com/
John
On 31 Jan 2008 at 18:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another thought, is there any value in having an RS-232 connection
with serial
RogerN wrote:
Would it be difficult to update the actual position with the position
from the linear encoders? The DRO position would just stomp on the
actual position. Hopefully most of the time the error would be small
and it would require real time DRO position... or perhaps only assign
Yep! Wilson machine bought a 50' x 4' CMM at a Boeing auction. Got it
cheap and spent a million moving it and
getting it set up again. And that was only a few miles.
Holy COW! a 50 FOOT CMM? There must only be 2 or 3 in the
entire US that big. (I can understand why Boeing would need
such a
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:07:32 +
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO Input?
Message: 9
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:36:51 -0800
From: Dave Engvall
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO input?
Hi Dave
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep! Wilson machine bought a 50' x 4' CMM at a Boeing auction. Got it
cheap and spent a million moving it and
getting it set up again. And that was only a few miles.
Holy COW! a 50 FOOT CMM? There must only be 2 or 3 in the
entire US that big. (I can understand why
Sorry, haven't RTFM, downloading as I type.
I'm considering buying a Far Eastern made 3 axis DRO for my Pinnacle
universal mill, DRO + 3 glass scales (to 1/5thou) and all cabling etc etc
for under 400 UK Pounds.
This DRO has an RS232 output.
So, does EMC have the facility to take absolute X Y Z
emc2 doesn't include any serial protocol drivers. You would have to
write the driver to do this yourself.
The most important thing to know is that emc2 requires a new feedback
position at the servo rate (typically 1ms) and emc (not external
hardware) has to control when the feedback position is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, haven't RTFM, downloading as I type.
I'm considering buying a Far Eastern made 3 axis DRO for my Pinnacle
universal mill, DRO + 3 glass scales (to 1/5thou) and all cabling etc etc
for under 400 UK Pounds.
This DRO has an RS232 output.
So, does EMC have
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:04 -0600, Jeff Epler wrote:
emc2 doesn't include any serial protocol drivers. You would have to
write the driver to do this yourself.
The most important thing to know is that emc2 requires a new feedback
position at the servo rate (typically 1ms) and emc (not
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:54 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
... snip
In thinking about scales again, one thought that came to mind is, EMC
might make a good CMM (manual or powered). But I guess the real magic is
in the granite slides, though errors could be mapped out. Which brings
me back to the
Hi Dave,
It all depends on what you want to do. If you just want manual
position then the glass scales will do your job.
However, if you ever intend to control the axes then encoders mounted
on the end of the ball screws would be my choice. USdigital or
Automation Direct (Koyo) encoders
Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:54 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
... snip
In thinking about scales again, one thought that came to mind is, EMC
might make a good CMM (manual or powered). But I guess the real magic is
in the granite slides, though errors could be mapped out. Which
On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:54 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
... snip
In thinking about scales again, one thought that came to mind is,
EMC
might make a good CMM (manual or powered). But I guess the real
magic is
in the
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